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Lambeth Council’s Licensing Policy Consultation

  Lambeth Council is in the process of updating the borough’s alcohol and public entertainment Licensing Policy (click http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/Business/LicencesStreetTrading/AlcoholEntertainmentLateNightRefreshment/LicensingPolicyConsultation.htm). The Council’s consultation is underway (click http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=137761744100 to access, should take 5 minutes) and will have an impact on our neighbourhood – they want as broad a range of opinions as possible, yours included. With new powers available to better manage the sale of alcohol, late night entertainment and refreshments, they’re looking to ensure that: Types of licensed premises are appropriate to their location in the borough; All licensed premises act responsibly and in partnership with their communities; and People are able to enjoy Lambeth’s night time economy safe from harm. You will be able to comment on what are appropriate times in your local streets and what sort of venues you think are acceptable so please take the time to comment.

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Next TA meeting – Wednesday 25 September

To tenants and leaseholders of Kennington Park Estate You are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Kennington Park Estate Tenants’ Association To be held at 7.00 pm on Wednesday 25 September 2013 at the Kennington Park Estate Community Centre (between Alverstone and Lockwood Houses) ********************************************** All tenants and leaseholders are members of the Tenants’ Association and welcome to attend TA meetings A G E N D A Welcome and Introductions Apologies for absence Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting of the Tenants’ Association held on 26 September 2012 and matters arising Annual report 2012/13 from the Tenants’ Association Financial report 2012/13 from the Tenants’ Association Election of officers and block representatives to join the TA Steering Group: Brockwell, Grace, Read, Sherwin, Lohmann, Hornby, Abel, Key, Blythe, Lockwood, Alverstone, Blades (Other volunteers to attend/contribute to the Tenants’ Association Steering Group) 2012/13 Report from HSH Board, HSH Resident…

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Proposed changes to Hyde Southbank Homes’ Governing Body

The Hyde Group has written to Kennington Park Estate residents telling us they are going to change what was agreed when we voted to transfer to Hyde Southbank Homes in 2005 by removing the element of local control we have through the HSH Board. We oppose this. Why?     We are being gobbled up! We voted to transfer to a small, Lambeth-based organisation with local management and local control, not a large corporation. The Hyde Group manages 49,000 properties (not just in London, but also across the South East, the East of England and the East Midlands), and wants to get bigger. HSH covers 3,200 properties at the Oval and Stockwell. We are the minnow being gobbled up by the whale. A more remote HSH Board with no HSH residents and no local councillors means no local voice, no local control, no local understanding, no local knowledge, and is very likely…

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Northern Line Extension – Kennington Green

Meeting on 25 July Transport for London are holding a drop-in event on Thursday 25th July, 3.30pm- 8pm, at the Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane to discuss building a permanent ventilation shaft for the Northern Line Extension on Kennington Green. Many local residents are opposed to this plan and instead are supporting an alternative site at 373 Kennington Road. More information on this can be provided by the Kennington Green Supporters Group who can be contacted at kenningtongreensg@gmail.com. They will be going to Thursday’s event at about 6.30pm.  

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Next TA meeting – Wednesday 17 July at 7pm in the Community Centre

Our next TA meeting is on Wednesday 17 July at 7pm in the Community Centre. We hope as many residents as possible will be able to come along. It’s a good way to meet your neighbours and have a say in what happens on the Estate. We will be discussing Hyde’s latest proposals for Parking on the Estate. This affects everyone – not just car owners – whether it’s ensuring emergency vehicles, delivery vans and taxis can reach us, that our visitors have somewhere to park, or that our Estate isn’t used for dumping wrecks or free parking for commuters and cricket-goers. There will be refreshments and the agenda for the meeting will be: Welcome and Introductions 1.       Apologies for absence 2.       Notes of the last meeting of the Residents’ Association held on 24 April 2013 and matters  arising 3.       Housing management and estate management issues.  (Reports and queries from…

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Healthy Finances Week – 15-22 July

A Message from Lambeth Council’s Advice Team Healthy Finances Week   We know times are tough and many of our residents are struggling to keep their finances in order and are often resorting to drastic measures to stay afloat. That’s why we’re holding our first ever Healthy Finances Week between 15 and 22 July. The dedicated week of action will: raise awareness of the pitfalls of using payday loan shops offer advice to help residents avoid or deal with loan sharks promote effective money management offer advice about managing debt There will also be plenty of opportunities to get advice about the on-going benefit cuts and how they are affecting you. Activities throughout the week will include: Friday 19 July Healthy Finance Fair, Lambeth Town Hall 11am to 3pm Need help with budgeting? Want to open a bank account but don’t know where to start? Come along to our event…

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Doing up the Neighbourhood

A message from Lambeth Council about the Oval Neighbourhood Enhancement Programme Dear resident, This is an opportunity to design your neighbourhood with friends, neighbours and Lambeth staff. In the spring we sent you postcard style questionnaires asking you what you liked and disliked about your streets. General issues raised from the Oval area were: Street greening Cycle parking Secure cycle storage Effective speed reducing measures Traffic Calming Bins There will be a consultation in the early autumn, where all residents in the area will be given an opportunity to say which of the proposed improvements they prefer. There will be a statutory consultation and decision making process towards the end of the year. How can you get involved? Two local residents associations, TARA (Tradescant Road area) and IMPACT (Claylands Green area) have held events where residents showed their own photos of what they like and what they dislike in our…

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